simulacrum - SIM-you-LA-krum - an image or representation of someone or something

Example: "It's not well known, but in a remote area in Indiana the Army and the Indiana National Guard have turned an abandoned ramshackle complex into a simulacrum of a war-torn Afghan city, with a courthouse, a jail and a graffiti-smeared marketplace - where our troops practice before heading for the real thing."


(Just checked: also can be pronounced sim-YOU-lai-krum)